we would do it from america and not from london. >> a 21st-century solution. the revelation came just one day after the attention when a partner of a guardian journalist , the journalist who had broken the story of the leak edward snowden nsa materials, he was detained and held in questioning for nine hours at heathrow airport. it caused an outcry among politicians and journalists, and even the independent reviewer of terrorism rules, who demanded an explanation, wanting the uk home office to go on the offensive. >> the government and police have a duty to protect the public and our national security. those who oppose this sort of action need to think about what they are condoning. >> what it is they are protecting them from. a general statement about terrorism in general does not really do the trick. you have to be up to, well, the information he has got will endanger the public for the following reasons. >> his detention as well as the destruction of computers in the guardian basement has affected the respective newspapers in the spotlight. this story has be